A GAGGLE OF GROUPS - Answers & Solutions
Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (23x23 grid, 166 clues). Published 1/14/1979. By Tap Osborn.
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Across Answers
- 1 Across: Blueprint (4)
- PLAN
- 5 Across: Lusterless finish (5)
- MATTE
- 10 Across: Synthetic (6)
- ERSATZ
- 16 Across: Ottoman chiefs (4)
- AGAS
- 20 Across: Yokel (4)
- RUBE
- 21 Across: Thai, e.g. (5)
- ASIAN
- 22 Across: Dinner party (6)
- SOIREE
- 23 Across: Courage (5)
- SPINE
- 24 Across: Grunting group (17)
- ACRUSHOFWRESTLERS
- 27 Across: Citified (5)
- URBAN
- 28 Across: Humdrum entree (8)
- MEATLOAF
- 29 Across: Clerical group (14)
- APECKOFTYPISTS
- 31 Across: Curmudgeon (5)
- CRANK
- 32 Across: Soul, to Descartes (3)
- EGO
- 33 Across: Wide-shoe letters (3)
- EEE
- 34 Across: Be fatuously fond (4)
- DOTE
- 35 Across: Heated (6)
- STEAMY
- 37 Across: Canon cue sign (5)
- PRESA
- 39 Across: Zoroastrian's god (5)
- MAZDA
- 41 Across: Grandson of Adam (4)
- ENOS
- 42 Across: Poised (4)
- COOL
- 43 Across: Half a gaffe (3)
- BOO
- 44 Across: Lose traction (4)
- SKID
- 46 Across: Avant-gardist (3)
- NEO
- 48 Across: Sandy's alert (3)
- ARF
- 49 Across: Religious group (12)
- AMASSOFLAMAS
- 54 Across: Minor, to a lawyer (6)
- INFANT
- 58 Across: Cover (3)
- LID
- 59 Across: Fashion (4)
- MODE
- 60 Across: ___ fille (5)
- JEUNE
- 61 Across: Serves as a mixologist (8)
- TENDSBAR
- 63 Across: Dessert (3)
- PIE
- 64 Across: Diamonds: Slang (3)
- ICE
- 65 Across: Aug. 23–Sept. 22 person (5)
- VIRGO
- 66 Across: La. name (4)
- LONG
- 67 Across: ___ Pompilius (4)
- NUMA
- 68 Across: Old car (4)
- NASH
- 70 Across: Threadlike structure: Comb. form (5)
- FIBRO
- 71 Across: Mountain pool (4)
- TARN
- 72 Across: United (4)
- ONED
- 73 Across: Stage profession: Abbr. (4)
- ACTG
- 75 Across: Criminal group (13)
- ASLEWOFHITMEN
- 79 Across: A–F connection (4)
- BCDE
- 80 Across: Retreat (4)
- LAIR
- 81 Across: Language of some N.M. Indians (4)
- TIWA
- 82 Across: Ear benders (5)
- BORES
- 83 Across: Window part (4)
- SASH
- 85 Across: ___ facto (4)
- IPSO
- 86 Across: Norman Thomas bloc: Abbr. (4)
- SOCS
- 87 Across: Tremble with fear (5)
- COWER
- 88 Across: Erwin (3)
- STU
- 89 Across: Sphere (3)
- ORB
- 92 Across: Win a debate (8)
- OUTSPEAK
- 94 Across: Book size (5)
- SEXTO
- 95 Across: Effete (4)
- WEAK
- 96 Across: Charge (3)
- FEE
- 97 Across: Sadat's predecessor (6)
- NASSER
- 98 Across: Mendacious group (12)
- ALINEOFLIARS
- 101 Across: Strive in rivalry (3)
- VIE
- 102 Across: Item for a dory (3)
- OAR
- 103 Across: March, to Pompey's men (4)
- ITER
- 104 Across: Kind of wind or omen (3)
- ILL
- 105 Across: Autograph (4)
- SIGN
- 106 Across: Music guide mark (4)
- CLEF
- 109 Across: Confound (5)
- ADDLE
- 112 Across: Pedestal part (5)
- SOCLE
- 115 Across: "Scarlet Letter" name (6)
- PRYNNE
- 117 Across: Mary's follower (4)
- LAMB
- 118 Across: Homophone for neigh (3)
- NEE
- 119 Across: Parking place (3)
- LOT
- 120 Across: Kind of house or ship (5)
- COURT
- 121 Across: Stroking group (14)
- APOOLOFOARSMEN
- 127 Across: Cagliari's locale (8)
- SARDINIA
- 130 Across: Sinclair (5)
- UPTON
- 131 Across: Very strict group (17)
- ADROVEOFMARTINETS
- 133 Across: Vaticinators (5)
- SEERS
- 134 Across: Chitchat, British style (6)
- NATTER
- 135 Across: Pliny ___, U.S. inventor (5)
- EARLE
- 136 Across: Developed (4)
- GREW
- 137 Across: Slips (4)
- ERRS
- 138 Across: Author of "The Potting Shed" (6)
- GREENE
- 139 Across: British golf cup (5)
- RYDER
- 140 Across: Girl in a Salinger tale (4)
- ESME
Down Answers
- 1 Down: Hyde Park vehicle (4)
- PRAM
- 2 Down: Magazine founder (4)
- LUCE
- 3 Down: Pair pulling for each other (16)
- ABRACEOFDENTISTS
- 4 Down: Unallied (7)
- NEUTRAL
- 5 Down: Father Prout, humorist (6)
- MAHONY
- 6 Down: Dripping wet (5)
- ASOAK
- 7 Down: Quarrel (4)
- TIFF
- 8 Down: Shooter for Junior (3)
- TAW
- 9 Down: Craze (6)
- ENRAGE
- 10 Down: Sum, ___, fui . . . (4)
- ESSE
- 11 Down: Campus drill org. (4)
- ROTC
- 12 Down: Paduasoy material (4)
- SILK
- 13 Down: Mars: Comb. form (4)
- AREO
- 14 Down: Desert fruit (6)
- TERFEZ
- 15 Down: Made more savory (6)
- ZESTED
- 16 Down: Hoity-toity group (13)
- APRIDEOFSNOBS
- 17 Down: Henry or Althea (6)
- GIBSON
- 18 Down: Red dyestuff: Var. (6)
- ANATTO
- 19 Down: Sight and taste (6)
- SENSES
- 23 Down: Eat (3)
- SUP
- 25 Down: Ambitious bid (4)
- SLAM
- 26 Down: Poetic masterwork (4)
- EPOS
- 30 Down: Lambing (7)
- YEANING
- 32 Down: Asteroid (4)
- EROS
- 35 Down: Cosmetic transplant area (5)
- SCALP
- 36 Down: Shinto temple gateway (5)
- TORII
- 37 Down: Affectation (4)
- POSE
- 38 Down: Arena gathering (13)
- ASLUGOFBOXERS
- 39 Down: Apery expert (4)
- MIME
- 40 Down: Nabokov heroine (3)
- ADA
- 43 Down: Ordered (4)
- BADE
- 45 Down: City in Nigeria (4)
- KANO
- 47 Down: Pass receiver (3)
- END
- 49 Down: "One Fat Englishman" author (4)
- AMIS
- 50 Down: Coffee blend (5)
- MOCHA
- 51 Down: Algonquian language (6)
- OJIBWA
- 52 Down: Iron: Comb. form (5)
- FERRO
- 53 Down: Attacks (6)
- STORMS
- 55 Down: Oenological group (16)
- ABUNCHOFVINTNERS
- 56 Down: "A Boy ___ Sue" (5)
- NAMED
- 57 Down: Hansa's purpose (5)
- TRADE
- 62 Down: Nine: Prefix (4)
- ENNE
- 65 Down: What belvederes afford (5)
- VIEWS
- 66 Down: Afterward (5)
- LATER
- 69 Down: Rude, clumsy group (13)
- AGROSSOFBOORS
- 70 Down: "My Friend ___" (6)
- FLICKA
- 71 Down: Grow bored with (6)
- TIREOF
- 73 Down: "In like ___ . . . " (5)
- ALION
- 74 Down: Neighbor of Naples (5)
- CAPUA
- 76 Down: Classroom for Zeno (4)
- STOA
- 77 Down: "___ Succeed . . . " (5)
- HOWTO
- 78 Down: Spectral body (5)
- NSTAR
- 84 Down: Penguins' cousins (4)
- AUKS
- 86 Down: Shoshonean (7)
- SERRANO
- 87 Down: Recent: Comb. form (4)
- CENE
- 88 Down: Endangered mammal (4)
- SEAL
- 90 Down: Prevail (5)
- REIGN
- 91 Down: Fashion's Geoffrey (5)
- BEENE
- 93 Down: Kind of jacket (3)
- PEA
- 94 Down: Position (4)
- SITE
- 95 Down: Subterfuge (4)
- WILE
- 99 Down: Small, in Dogpatch (3)
- LIL
- 100 Down: Merry song (4)
- LILT
- 105 Down: Otologist's device (7)
- SYRINGE
- 106 Down: Section of a contract (6)
- CLAUSE
- 107 Down: Kitten, at times (6)
- LAPPER
- 108 Down: Theatrical one (6)
- EMOTER
- 110 Down: Neutralize a cobra (6)
- DEFANG
- 111 Down: East Indian cedar (6)
- DEODAR
- 113 Down: Spread of a sort (4)
- OLEO
- 114 Down: Deliberate (6)
- CONFER
- 115 Down: O. Henry (6)
- PORTER
- 116 Down: Joe ___ of baseball (4)
- RUDI
- 120 Down: Frankie, the pianist (5)
- CARLE
- 122 Down: Rural ways: Abbr. (3)
- LNS
- 123 Down: A Johnson (4)
- ARTE
- 124 Down: Use of memory (4)
- ROTE
- 125 Down: Explorer Hedin (4)
- SVEN
- 126 Down: Simple (4)
- MERE
- 127 Down: Corsican's neighbor (4)
- SARD
- 128 Down: Grist for a list (4)
- ITEM
- 129 Down: "___ forgive those . . . " (4)
- ASWE
- 132 Down: Author Sarton (3)
- MAY
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